Headphone volume issues?

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Headphone volume issues?

9 times out of 10 when I plug my headphones into my iPhone, one side is blasting and the other side is quiet. It sounds almost as if all the incoming sound is being directed to just one side of the headphones. Is this an iPhone issues or a headphone issues? I would try another pair of headphones, but don't have the converter to fit in the iPhone. Has anyone had similar problems?

Posted on Jul 3, 2007 6:52 PM

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Answer 1

Chas Hulme

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Jul 3, 2007 7:21 PM in response to Zanick

No, but as long as the quiet side remains the same one, you may very well have a bum set of earbuds... If you don't have another set to test with, or know someone with a set, then try taking the phone to the store and check it there.

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Answer 2

Jul 11, 2007 8:12 AM in response to Zanick

It's possible your headphones are not plugged in all the way. Are these the Apple headphones? The iPhone audio jack is somewhat recessed, and many other headphones won't plug in all the way, giving you unbalanced audio. That's what happened to me. As a solution, I cut out a tiny little bit (one millimeter) off of the plastic sleeve surrounding the jack on my Sennheiser headphones using an exacto knife and now it's perfect.

(I'm not sure why you get unbalanced audio as opposed to audio on one side only, but that's what happened...).

The jack is recessed on the iPhones, I suspect, because otherwise it would poke out of the bevel, marring the feel.

Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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